Brown Pelican

[ngannet]

There were lots of these modern-day pterodactyls around this weekend while I was down the shore. Finally I got some pictures in good lighting of them. I was pretty happy with this one. Awesome birds they are. Was watching them plunge in the ocean all weekend, eating fish and flying from the ocean to the bay and vice versa. Some were right overhead. Edit: The first shot is an immature (lots of white underneath and fully brown head) and the second is an adult.

[RockOne]

You really caught the feather detail under the wings. Nice work !

[Spphotos]

Nice work , I can never get a good photo of a bird in flight.

[wolverinesr1]

very nice, now i know what a brown pelican looks like.thanks for the white pelican ID a few weeks back

[ngannet]

Another shot. I wish the wing wasn't cut off, but I had little time to set up. Snuck right up on me! I have a cropped version of this just to show feather and face detail, but it won't fit on this forum, even sized right for some reason so it will show up on my photo site.

[Mitcon]

Some pretty food detail in that second shot ngannet, pitty about lipping the wing but your right about not getting enough time. lol this happens to me alot also, nice to know I'm not alone:)

[CyberDyneSystems]

Wow,. Mitcon is typing almost as bad as me... :) :shock:

Love the first shot.. they are prehistoric looking critters aren't they?

[Mitcon]

lol, pain meds must have kicked in :lol: . Sorry all :oops:

[ngannet]

Love the first shot.. they are prehistoric looking critters aren't they?

Remember Jurassic Park when they showed the Pelicans at the end of the movie flying by? And in part 3 they showed the pterodactyls flying by at the end? They looked remarkably similar! I always thought Herons were pterodactyl-like, but pelicans take the cake.